Farm Happenings for October 8, 2019

Posted on October 6th, 2019 by Sarah Brown

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Dear Farm Friends,

We hope this finds you warm and well. This week we've been relishing the sun on our backs and the warmth of our fire. We've been fighting the inevitable back-to-school bugs and appreciating the nourishment from the fields in all forms of soups.

Tonight I cooked a bunch of leeks, carrots, fennel, celeriac, potatoes, and beet greens with a bunch of parsley and garlic. We stirred in spoonfuls of pesto and chunks of roast chicken and it was the perfect end to a snotty week. Earlier in the week I made a pureed carrot soup with onions and sweet peppers. It's soup central over here and it's a beautiful thing! There is no better way to get through a mountain of veggies.

Enough about what's going on in the kitchen. You may be wondering what is going on in the field....The strangest is that we were irrigating today. Nothing feels normal anymore. We lost some good veggies to the frost- the tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and last hopeful planting of green beans bit the dust. There's still a lot of goodness out there though, and we've been busy squirrling away winter squash, onions, and garlic into conditioned and (semi)rodent-proof storage. We'll be rolling out the fall Brassicas as they mature over the next few weeks- brussels, cabbages, kohlrabi, broccoli, cauliflower, etc. The frost on this family is a force for good as it sweetens them up to perfection.

About the farm

Certified organic vegetables and grass-fed meat, homegrown on 50 acres in the Willamette Valley. We are a first generation family farm dedicated to delicious food, healthy soil, and cultivating vibrant diversity on the land. Serving the Eastern Willamette Valley from Portland to Salem.Diggin’

Roots Farm builds on our collective agrarian heritage by:- Connecting with our family, friends, and neighbors- Tending the earth for sustained fertility and biodiversity- Appreciating nature’s pace and natural tendencies- Supporting life on our farm- in our home and in our fields

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Diggin' Roots Farm

Certified organic vegetables and grass-fed meat, homegrown on 50 acres in the Willamette Valley. We are a first generation family farm dedicated to delicious food, healthy soil, and cultivating vibrant diversity on the land. Serving the Eastern Willamette Valley from Portland to Salem.Diggin’

Roots Farm builds on our collective agrarian heritage by:- Connecting with our family, friends, and neighbors- Tending the earth for sustained fertility and biodiversity- Appreciating nature’s pace and natural tendencies- Supporting life on our farm- in our home and in our fields